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![]() Curtly Ambrose Curtly Elconn Lynwall AmbroseBorn: 21 September 1963, Swetes Village, AntiguaMajor Teams: Leeward Islands, Northamptonshire, West Indies. Known As: Curtly Ambrose Pronounced: Curtly Ambrose Batting Style: Left Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Test Debut: West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown, 1st Test, 1987/88 Latest Test: West Indies v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 2000 ODI Debut: West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st ODI, 1987/88 Latest ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Cable & Wireless Series, 1999/00 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1992 Career Statistics:TESTS (including 31/08/2000) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 98 145 29 1439 53 12.40 46.72 0 1 18 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 3683.5 1001 8501 405 20.99 8-45 22 3 54.5 2.30 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 23/04/2000) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 176 96 36 639 31* 10.65 64.87 0 0 45 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 1558.5 192 5429 225 24.12 5-17 6 4 41.5 3.48 FIRST-CLASS (1985/86 - 2000) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 239 317 70 3448 78 13.95 0 4 88 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 8133 2262 19048 941 20.24 8-45 50 8 51.8 2.34 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1985/86 - 2000) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 329 173 66 1282 48 11.98 0 0 81 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 2857.1 9557 401 23.83 5-17 10 4 42.7 3.34 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Curtly AmbroseArticles about Curtly Ambrose
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Profile:One of the great fast bowlers, Curtly Ambrose's long career has been marked by consistent success. When bowling in tandem with his friend Courtney Walsh, he formed part of one of the most feared and respected partnerships in Test cricket. A tall man, he over the years has changed as a bowler from genuinely fast to at times not much quicker as medium, but as always commanded respect. In his younger days he could intimidate with his pace and bounce, bowling a nasty bouncer, mixed in with fast yorkers, and good length balls. As he lost his pace with age he became a more complete bowler, testing and probing the batsman with immaculate length and line, the ball seaming in and out. He rarely bowled a bad ball, and even on good wickets would force the batsman to work hard for every run. He has pretensions as a batsman, with a test fifty to his name, a good fieldsman in the deep, and always showed full commitment to his cricket.His finest moment perhaps was the demolition of England in Trinidad in 1994, winning a Test that looked lost, but for the next five years he nobly resisted the process of aging, with fine bowling performances, again and again answering the call for his team, and ignoring increasingly sore knees. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2000 England tour, with over 400 wickets to his name and with his skill untarnished by age. (DL, 2000)
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